Though apparently unanimous, the Supreme Court’s rejection of a defamation case by a Bill Cosby accuser triggered a lengthy treatise on the standard of malice Tuesday from Justice Clarence Thomas.
Read moreThe former Pennsylvania prosecutor who turned down the chance over a decade ago to press charges against Bill Cosby has reached a settlement of defamation claims brought by Andrea Constand.
Read moreBill Cosby’s trial judge is rejecting the actor’s bid for a new trial or sentencing hearing and directing him to file any appeals with the state Superior Court.
Read moreAfter designating Bill Cosby a “sexually violent predator” this morning, a Pennsylvania judge ruled that the 81-year-old comedian must spend three to 10 years in prison for a sexual assault that occurred over a decade ago.
Read moreIn an emotional start to the sentencing hearing Monday, a Pennsylvania judge heard pleas for justice from the parents and sister of the woman whom Bill Cosby was convicted five months ago of sexually assaulting.
Read moreA former member of Bill Cosby’s defense team is suing the 81-year-old comedian for more than $50,000 in unpaid legal fees.
Read morePennsylvania’s Sexual Offenders Assessment Board is recommending Bill Cosby be classified as a sexually violent predator.
Read moreBill Cosby has ousted the high-powered defense team whose aggressive tactics failed to sway jurors from convicting him of sexual assault in April.
Read moreAIG Insurance must defend disgraced comedian Bill Cosby against defamation claims from nine of his accusers, the First Circuit ruled Thursday.
Read moreThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, sponsor of the Oscar awards, voted this week to oust Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski as members.
Read moreBill Cosby was convicted Thursday of drugging and molesting a woman in the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era. The spectacular downfall of the once-beloved comedian came after just one-and-a-half days of jury deliberations.
Read moreOn the eve of deliberations Wednesday, the jury in the Bill Cosby sexual-assault trial heard a prosecutor call out the comedian for smirking about the allegations.
Read moreAs the retrial of comedian Bill Cosby on sexual assault claims heads into closing arguments Tuesday, attorneys will fight for a more definitive verdict than last year’s hung jury.
Read moreCalling the sexual assault charges against Bill Cosby a sham, the defense’s star witness testified Wednesday that the comedian’s chief accuser confided in her years ago about planning to frame a celebrity.
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Denying that money has motivated her testimony against Bill Cosby, the 80-year-old’s chief accuser told jurors Friday there is one reason why she she speaks out. “For justice,” said Andrea Constand.
Read moreTelevision personality Janice Dickinson helped Pennsylvania prosecutors on Thursday build their case that Bill Cosby’s assault of Andrea Constand fits the comedian’s decades-long history as a sexual predator.
Read moreTwo women whose assault claims against Bill Cosby are too old to prosecute took the stand Wednesday to testify that the comedian was drugging and abusing victims decades before he did the same to Andrea Constand.
Read moreFocusing on the revelations that Bill Cosby paid Andrea Constand $3.4 million settle civil rape claims, the comedian’s defense attorney pushed the narrative in his opening statement Tuesday that Constand is a con artist.
Read moreBefore opening statements in the retrial of Bill Cosby on Monday, police arrested a topless protester who jumped a barricade and ran toward the 80-year-old comedian.
Read moreWith Bill Cosby’s retrial set to kick off next week, a judge ruled Friday that the newly seated jury will not hear evidence about the former district attorney who refused to prosecute the same case in 2005.
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